WHY are they important?

Soft skills contribute up to 85% in your career success, meanwhile technical skills only contribute 15%. -Harvard Study

These skills are important because they are "critical job success skills" and they TRANSFER from one job (career area) to another. That is why they are called "transferable skills".

It is important to highlight your transferable skills to employers.

• What are your Transferrable Skills? (video from UC Berkeley)

• Transferrable Skills Checklist

• Transferable Skills Inventory

Don't forget to add these to your resume (action verbs and summary area)

• Transferable Skills - verbs for resume

Prepare your responses for the interview. Know how to talk about them when you answer behavioral-type questions.

• Interviewing for Transferable Skills (practice answering these interview questions)